War by Agreement: A Contractarian Ethics of War

Yitzhak Benbaji, Daniel Statman

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Abstract

"War by Agreement presents a new theory on the ethics of war. It shows that wars can be morally justified at both the ad bellum level (the political decision to go to war) and the in bello level (its actual conduct by the military) by accepting a contractarian account of the rules governing war. According to this account, the rules of war are anchored in a mutually beneficial and fair agreement between the relevant players-- the purpose of which is to promote peace and to reduce the horrors of war. The book relies on the long social contract tradition and illustrates its fruitfulness in understanding and developing the morality and the law of war"--
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationOxford, United Kingdom
PublisherOxford University Press
Number of pages230
EditionFirst
ISBN (Electronic)0191879541, 0192582070, 0192582089, 0199577196, 9780191879548, 9780192582072, 9780199577194
ISBN (Print)9780199577194, 0199577196
StatePublished - 2019

Keywords

  • War (Philosophy)
  • War -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • מלחמה (פילוסופיה)
  • מלחמה -- היבטים מוסריים ואתיים
  • حرب -- جوانب معنويّة وأخلاقيّة

ULI publications

  • uli
  • War (Philosophy)
  • War -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • War -- Philosophy
  • War and morals
  • מלחמה -- היבטים מוסריים ואתיים
  • حرب -- جوانب معنوية وأخلاقية

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